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AI in Higher Ed — What’s Changing & How to Build Better Assessment

Featuring: Tina Austin
AI Strategist & Educator | UCLA & OpenAI Faculty Innovator

Tina Austin is a widely recognized thought leader in AI education, with over 12,000 professional followers on LinkedIn. She teaches AI ethics across biomedical research, computational biology, and communication, and her pioneering work in integrating AI into teaching since 2022 has reshaped how educators approach bias, pedagogy, and assessment.

Her work is featured on OpenAI’s website, and she was awarded a UCLA–OpenAI EDU License through a competitive proposal process. In 2025, she was recognized by ASU+GSV as one of the top AI innovators in education. Tina is also the creator of #UnBlooms, a framework that reimagines Bloom’s Taxonomy for the AI era—helping educators design meaningful, AI-resilient learning experiences.

Key Questions She’ll Explore in her Speech:

  • What are the biggest AI misconceptions holding educators back?
  • Where do faculty often get AI wrong—and what’s the real impact on students?
  • What are the top AI use cases and frameworks that actually work?

Why Should You Attend?
This isn’t another generic AI talk. You’ll walk away with fresh perspectives on AI in higher education and actionable insights you won’t find in mainstream discussions.

🗓 Date & Time: Friday, October 17, 2025, 12:00 PM (Pacific Time)
📍 Location: Online via Zoom
🔗 Join Here: https://shorturl.at/4EQVf
💻 Meeting ID: 818 7517 2828
🔑 Passcode: 251472

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AI in Higher Ed — What’s Changing & How to Build Better Assessment featuring Tina Austin

Beyond Buzzword: How AI Agents are Transforming IT Operations

Our second talk features Mans Jabal, an AI & ML Engineering Leader at Deloitte, who will share practical use cases of how AI is transforming IT infrastructure and operations. Mans has over 20 years of experience leading technology strategy and architecture for Fortune 500 companies like McDonald’s, Toyota, Micron, and United Airlines. He brings invaluable insights from the front lines of digital transformation.

In this talk, Mans will discuss how AI can:
- Dramatically reduce the time required to detect and resolve IT issues
- Correlate data from systems and devices to minimize downtime and revenue loss
- Enable smarter, faster, and more resilient enterprise operations

📅 Date: Friday, October 10, 2025
⏰ Time: 12:00 PM (PST)
📍 Location: Online (Register to receive Zoom link)
🔗 Zoom Link: https://shorturl.at/zxDqQ
This event is open to all students, faculty, staff, and alumni at SFSU.

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AI Agents in Business Games: The Case Study of IBM Watson.ai and ERPsim

Interested in how Artificial Intelligence is transforming teaching and learning?
Join us for an exciting deep dive into the intersection of artificial intelligence and experiential learning.
We are excited to host an Expert Talk featuring Florian Eckhard and Philipp Landler, PhD students in Information Systems at the Technical University of Munich, to discuss how IBM's WatsonX.ai, a cutting-edge cloud-based AI and machine learning platform, can enhance both gameplay and pedagogy through games.
From real-time data management to autonomous gameplay strategies, the speakers will demonstrate how WatsonX.ai can serve as both a support system for students and a training ground for AI agents—enabling simulations where machines learn to make strategic ERP decisions in dynamic, real-world-like business scenarios.

Date: Friday, September 26, 2025
⏰ Time: 11:00 AM (PST)
📍 Location: Online (Register to receive Zoom link)
🔗 Zoom Link: https://shorturl.at/XNJ1u

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CEETL AI Workshop: Curious about Custom GPTs?

Join us in an exploration of custom GPTs and their potential for teaching and learning. We will cover the basics: What are custom GPTs? Why might they be better for teaching and learning than Chat GPT and other GenAI tools? Can custom GPTs better meet students’ learning needs and prevent well-documented problems with LLM use?  We will provide opportunities for participant engagement, so bring your questions, experiences, and perspectives!

Staff Elective: Working with AI

Description: This course is designed specifically for SFSU staff looking to integrate generative AI in your daily work. Learn how to prepare for effective and responsible AI use, write goal-oriented prompts to accomplish particular work tasks, evaluate AI-generated content for quality and reliability, and refine outputs to enhance efficiency and productivity in your professional context. Participants will engage in hands-on activities with Microsoft Copilot or ChatGPT Edu to employ strategies in real-world work scenarios, share practical insights and use cases with peers, and assess additional opportunities for integrating generative AI tools in specific practice areas.

This course is an elective for the digital badge for the AI Literacy Education Program, and is recommended specifically for SFSU staff.

Objectives: In this course, you will learn to:  

  • Identify appropriate use cases for generative AI in individual work contexts
  • Determine what and how to prepare before engaging with generative AI tools
  • Develop effective, goal-oriented prompts to accomplish particular work tasks with
    generative AI chatbots
  • Evaluate the quality, reliability, and effectiveness of AI-generated content for
    professional use cases
  • Assess opportunities to integrate generative AI tools in particular practice areas

Duration: 90 minutes

Experience Level: Basic familiarity with generative AI chatbots like Microsoft Copilot or ChatGPT

Image Creation with Generative AI

Description: This course explores image creation with generative AI. Participants will gain a primer on generative AI tools for image creation, considerations for using generative AI, and best practices for creating effective and accessible images for various use cases. Through hands-on activities, participants will develop skills in crafting descriptive prompts and selecting
appropriate visual styles to generate unique images with ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and Adobe Firefly.

This course is an elective that counts toward receiving a digital badge for the AI Literacy Education Program.

*Disclaimers: 

  • This course utilizes Adobe tools which are available to faculty, staff, and select student populations. Students will need to ensure they have access to Adobe apps before attending this workshop.
  • Adobe Firefly and Express are accessed via the web. Participants do NOT need to download Adobe Creative Cloud.

Objectives: In this course, you will learn to:  

  • Understand the basics of generative AI technology for image creation
  • Write descriptive prompts and use visual style options to generate images
  • Employ best practices for creating effective and accessible images

Duration: 90 minutes

Experience Level: Little or no familiarity with generative AI tools for image creation

Image Creation with Generative AI

Description: This course explores image creation with generative AI. Participants will gain a primer on generative AI tools for image creation, considerations for using generative AI, and best practices for creating effective and accessible images for various use cases. Through hands-on activities, participants will develop skills in crafting descriptive prompts and selecting
appropriate visual styles to generate unique images with ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and Adobe Firefly.

This course is an elective that counts toward receiving a digital badge for the AI Literacy Education Program.

*Disclaimers: 

  • This course utilizes Adobe tools which are available to faculty, staff, and select student populations. Students will need to ensure they have access to Adobe apps before attending this workshop.
  • Adobe Firefly and Express are accessed via the web. Participants do NOT need to download Adobe Creative Cloud.

Objectives: In this course, you will learn to:  

  • Understand the basics of generative AI technology for image creation
  • Write descriptive prompts and use visual style options to generate images
  • Employ best practices for creating effective and accessible images

Duration: 90 minutes

Experience Level: Little or no familiarity with generative AI tools for image creation

Image Creation with Generative AI

Description: This course explores image creation with generative AI. Participants will gain a primer on generative AI tools for image creation, considerations for using generative AI, and best practices for creating effective and accessible images for various use cases. Through hands-on activities, participants will develop skills in crafting descriptive prompts and selecting
appropriate visual styles to generate unique images with ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and Adobe Firefly.

This course is an elective that counts toward receiving a digital badge for the AI Literacy Education Program.

*Disclaimers: 

  • This course utilizes Adobe tools which are available to faculty, staff, and select student populations. Students will need to ensure they have access to Adobe apps before attending this workshop.
  • Adobe Firefly and Express are accessed via the web. Participants do NOT need to download Adobe Creative Cloud.

Objectives: In this course, you will learn to:  

  • Understand the basics of generative AI technology for image creation
  • Write descriptive prompts and use visual style options to generate images
  • Employ best practices for creating effective and accessible images

Duration: 90 minutes

Experience Level: Little or no familiarity with generative AI tools for image creation

Collaboration with Zoom AI Companion

Description: This course introduces participants to the Zoom AI Companion and its practical applications within a university setting. The course covers key features such as meeting summaries, real-time Q&A, interactive smart recordings, and whiteboard tools for generating sticky notes, tables, mind maps, and flowcharts. Participants will learn how to apply these tools to enhance productivity, collaboration, and learning in academic and administrative contexts through guided demonstrations and hands-on activities.

This course is an elective that counts toward receiving a digital badge for the AI Literacy Education Program.   

Objectives: In this course, you will learn to: 

  • Describe the main features of Zoom AI Companion
  • Identify practical scenarios where Zoom AI Companion can enhance productivity, collaboration, or learning outcomes
  • Demonstrate how to use Zoom AI Companion features to accomplish specific tasks

Duration: 90 minutes

Experience Level: Little or no familiarity with generative AI tools necessary

Collaboration with Zoom AI Companion

Description: This course introduces participants to the Zoom AI Companion and its practical applications within a university setting. The course covers key features such as meeting summaries, real-time Q&A, interactive smart recordings, and whiteboard tools for generating sticky notes, tables, mind maps, and flowcharts. Participants will learn how to apply these tools to enhance productivity, collaboration, and learning in academic and administrative contexts through guided demonstrations and hands-on activities.

This course is an elective that counts toward receiving a digital badge for the AI Literacy Education Program.   

Objectives: In this course, you will learn to: 

  • Describe the main features of Zoom AI Companion
  • Identify practical scenarios where Zoom AI Companion can enhance productivity, collaboration, or learning outcomes
  • Demonstrate how to use Zoom AI Companion features to accomplish specific tasks

Duration: 90 minutes

Experience Level: Little or no familiarity with generative AI tools necessary

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